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Schedule3W Releases

5.3.26 Web Employee List Filter

2020-07-08
  • Web Update for Schedulers 4.4.03 improvements:
    • If set to other than All, "My Employees" and "My Locations" values are now choices in the Tools accordion for viewing/editing Employees & Locations.
    • On shift displays, the [Update] button has been renamed to [Edit] for consistency with the desktop module.

5.3.25 Location Groups can contain Groups

2020-07-03
  • A Location Group may now be defined as including other Location Groups.
  • A Location's Default Duration may now be set to 8:15hr (once 5.3.24, or above, has been activated as the minimum version).
  • Web Update for Schedulers 4.4.02 improvements:
    • New Scheduler Options accordion on the main page. Its "My Employees" and "My Locations" menus allow a scheduler to specify their default employee group and/or location group filters for Web Update.
    • New menu beside the [Available] Employee button now allows you to limit employees checked to those in a specific Employee Group.

5.3.22 Edit Staff Webified

2020-06-15
  • Web 4.4.01 improvements:
    • A webified Edit>Staff is now in the Tools menu of Web Update for Schedulers. Reminder: Set a Scheduler's Rights to "Scheduler (no Edit>Staff)" to block access to Edit>Staff.
    • The Choose screen is more readable and consistent due to tweaks to its CSS styling.

5.3.21 Schedulers using Edit>Employee Group

2020-06-05
  • Edit>Employee Group now supports designating a Scheduler (with or without Edit>Staff rights) as being the maintainer of an Employee Group (in addition to the DB Admins). The who and when of the last change to each Employee Group record is now tracked. These fields display in the rightmost columns of the table.
  • The various Select Multiple Employee screens and the [Emp/Loc] screen now display noticeably faster for databases with 100+ employees.
  • Location Abbreviations may now be 8 characters (once 5.3.21 has been activated as the minimum version).
  • Tools>Shifts>Show Empty now allows user to designate that the empty periods should be reported split into empty shifts.

5.3.20 Mass Shift Delete Options

2020-05-19
  • Two more features to assist mass shift changes:
    • The Right-click>Delete Shifts of an employee now supports starting a date range in the past.
    • Tools>Maintenance>Delete Tab now supports deleting all shifts for a date range.
  • Saving a CSV file now includes the option to copy the file to your clipboard to simplify pasting into a different folder or email.
  • Tools>Options>Database tab>Train/Test>[Create] is faster and uses less disk space.
  • The [Info] button screens shown by Edit>Employee Group and Select Employee Group are now larger.

5.3.19 Deleting Shifts for a Past date range

2020-04-22
  • The Edit>Location>Advanced>Delete Shifts for location option now supports specifying a date range starting in the past.
    • If you have other mass change of shifts needs, please email support@schedule3w.com.

5.3.17 Web Defaults now easier to update

2020-03-26
  • Web View 4.3.06 improvements:
    • Tools>Defaults now shows both the current defaults for the user plus a New column showing the settings that would be revised by clicking [Save new].
    • The automatic recovery of interrupted network connections to the database has been improved.
    • Each night a zip of the database and staffing levels is saved to a new Backup folder and retained for 7 days.

5.3.15 Expanded Shift Date Change

2020-03-12
  • Shift Information now, like Web Update, supports changing the date of a shift (or working shift plus its service points) within the year. Previously this could only be done by drag/drop within the viewed 7 days.
  • History now allows DB Admins to display change history for any scheduler. Schedulers still see by me.
  • Tools>Shifts>Empty now immediately displays a table of empty shifts (i.e. periods not meeting specified Staffing Levels). A CSV may still be saved/opened.
  • The right-click Assign Location menu option has been removed because its functionality is provided by [] Then clone for an SP shift when adding working shifts or by right-click Clone for existing working shifts.
  • New Retry option when saving a CSV from Tools>Reports Format Tab>[Advanced]>”Just CSV” option and from the [Save]option of any Database View report. This handles leaving the prior copy open in a spreadsheet.
  • Edit>Location now allows Locations to be marked as Historic so past shifts are retained but new shifts can't be scheduled.
  • New Include Historical Staff option in Tools>Reports>select [Multiple Employees]>[Options] so that shift reports of just specific Historical Status employees may be generated without changing the employee back to Active.
  • Web View 4.3.05 improvements:
    • Shift Information now shows for schedulers the shift creation date and by whom plus, if a change has been made, its when, by whom and prior employee/location.
    • Forgot your password screen's text has been improved.
    • New control in Options to flag shifts that have been changed Today or since Yesterday with a ^. Please email any other duration that would be useful.

5.3.14 Keep a refreshed schedule on display

2020-02-05
  • Web View 4.3.04 improvements:
    • Have the latest library or a department's schedule always available on a computer monitor, tablet or even a browser enabled TV. The new stale=## parameter automatically greys out the schedule after the specified # of minutes. People just press [Enter] or click/tap the new [Refresh] button and the display immediately refreshes.
    • New Revise link at the top of all displays. Click to scroll down to the format menus.

5.3.13 Edit>Staff: new Who/When of last change

2020-01-14
  • Edit>Staff now automatically tracks the who and when of the last change to each employee record. These fields display in the rightmost columns of the table. Likewise Edit>Resources does this for each resource.

5.3.12 Expanded access to max Location Web View date

2019-12-19
  • Making a location's shifts viewable for a new period is now even easier because updating the maximum view date for a location's shifts is now more accessible:
    • Users with Scheduler (No Edit>Staff) rights may now use Edit>Date Ranges.
    • Web Update now supports Schedulers revising the maximum date via a new [Update] button in the Tools>Locations display.
  • Tools>Web Services>[Options] now has a tick option for suppressing Guest Access (i.e. to force use of personal passwords).
  • Web View: Forgot your Password changes:
    • Its instructions and button label have been clarified.
    • The email with the change password link may now be configured to use your O365/Exchange server (rather than the default SendGrid service).
  • Tools>Reports now supports concept date periods of a day 3 days through 6 days hence plus 2 months and 3 months hence. These reduce the need for entering Custom Date Ranges.
  • Web View's [Help] now includes a tips section on using mobile devices including how to setup one click access to Schedule3W.

5.3.10 New Web View [Me] Button

2019-11-17
  • Multiple Database Systems can now do each stage of upgrading all databases with one command. This Multi Database processing also supports doing Help>About on all databases in one step. This provides the framework for adding additional functionality that processes all databases using one command (e.g. a data extract).
  • Tools>Reports now supports concept date periods of a week 2 weeks through 5 weeks hence plus This and Last Calendar Year. These reduce the need for entering Custom Date Ranges.
  • Database view: Employee x Location Hours may now be resorted by clicking its column headers.
  • The Convert Database or an Employee to Two Level Scheduling module has been enhanced. For information on the benefits of 2 level scheduling or for a test conversion, contact Schedule3W Support.
  • New how-to tip on easily reviewing who is close to exceeding a maximum hours allowed in the year. Email support for a copy.
  • Web View 4.3.00 improvements:
    • Tools>Location, when invoked by a Scheduler, now includes a reminder that the min/max view dates are only applied to those without scheduling rights.
    • New [Me] button displays your schedule for today. In [Options] you may tailor the display format, # of days and whether the [Me] display is automatically shown on login. [Me] leaves your current filters unchanged.

5.3.08 Eliminating Global Website Password

2019-10-09
  • When the Website Password is set to NoGlobalPwd,Web login no longer accepts that password and no longer mentions Guest access. Before implementing, encourage staff to setup a personal password via the Forgot your password link and start logging in personally.

5.3.06 Improved Small Screen Web Add Shift form

2019-10-02
  • Edit>Staff now warns if a scheduler is added who is not in the Employee Group, if any, controlling access to Web Update for Schedulers.
  • Web Update's Add form has been further tweaked for small screens.
  • Web View, when you're in a different time zone, now consistently displays shifts using the library's time zone.

5.3.04 Location Graph Displays improved on small screens

2019-09-11
  • Edit>Staff>[Password] now includes a Show new Password in plain text option.
  • Web View 4.2.21 improvements:
    • The layout of Location Graph Displays on small screens has been improved.
    • Location Graph Displays, on iOS devices (e.g. iPhone), now have a [Scroll?] link to a vertical scrolling tip.

5.3.02 New Web View "by Week" Navigate Button

2019-08-04
  • The advance and backup buttons in Web View have been expanded. There is now always a "by Week" choice and, depending on context, either a "by Day" or "by Screen" choice.
  • When a scheduler first opens an upgraded Schedule3W, they receive a notice with a link to the change summary.
  • Automatic New Month Open/Rollover no longer occasionally leaves Web View locked for maintenance.

5.3.01 Web Update: Add Multiple Shifts at once

2019-07-27
  • Web Update's Add shift now supports scheduling multiple employees at one time via new [x] Multiple checkbox when This day only is selected.
  • Tools>Maintenance>Show>[Installs] supports specifying an override email method for specific computers.

5.3.00 Auto New Month Open/Rollover

2019-06-27
  • New Month Open/Rollover is now automatically done for sites using Schedule3W's Web View.
  • [+Shift] on the Web Add Shift Confirmation screen now allows all fields to be modified.
  • Tools>Shifts>Empty is now available even if AutoSched is not used.

5.2.19 New Convert to Two Level Tool

2019-06-02
  • Using just one level scheduling? The new Convert to Two Level tool allows single level databases to be inexpensively converted to 2 levels. For information on the benefits of 2 level scheduling, contact Schedule3W Support.
  • Tools>Maintenance>Delete tab now shows the date of the earliest shift.
  • Database View: Location Information report now has the option to include counts of past and future shifts.

5.2.18 Web Only Schedulers

2019-05-09
  • Edit>Staff>Scheduler tab now supports setting specific schedulers as only scheduling in the Web interface.
  • Schedule3W now reopens in Location by Week if it was open when the user last closed Schedule3W. In addition, any Location by Week location select is preserved across sessions.
  • Web 4.2.15 improves support for the [+] (add shift) button in Location graph displays.

5.2.17 Web Update [+] automatically shows

2019-04-05
  • Web Update for Schedulers 4.2.14 improvements:
    • The Employee x Time and Days x Time for an Employee displays now automatically include a [+] after the Employee name. This allowed the Show [+] option to be removed. The [+] opens the Add shift screen for that employee and date.
    • The Location x Time and Days x Time for a Location displays now also show schedulers this [+] button.
    • Shift notes may now be updated.
  • Web View 4.2.14 improvements:
    • The Shift Display screen now includes calendar buttons beside the employee and location names. Clicking displays that work week for the employee or location.
    • Printed displays now automatically suppress menus and buttons.